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The Indian Embassy here on Tuesday said it was in touch with the 138 Indians, including passengers and crew members, onboard a cruise ship, carrying 3,711 people, quarantined off Japan due to diagnosis of some novel coronavirus cases.

Cruise ship Diamond Princess with 3,711 people on board arrived at the Japanese coast early last week and was quarantined after a passenger who de-boarded last month in Hong Kong was found to be the carrier of the novel virus on the ship.

Around 60 people tested positive of the virus on Monday, taking the total number of those infected on the ship to 130. Authorities had initially tested nearly 300 people when the ship arrived at the Japanese coast.